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MY ?TAYNES* SlIHJjQIt, SMITH & STECK.
WAr.il.fAl.il* A, SOUTH ?AR01iINA, DEGliUB?U 21, 1800.
TEXTILES IN THE PIEDMONT HEGION.
Upper Souih Carolina tho Manufacturing
Center of tho State.
In an intcrviow willi a representa
tive ol' tho Manufacturons' Mccord
Col. .Jamos LOrr, President of thc
Piedmont Mills, of Piedmont, S. C.,
regarding the textile industry in
the South, said :
"The real hopkin nilli? of cotton
manufacturing in the Piedmont sec
tion ol' the Carolinas dates hack to
18*20, when William I tates, a native
cf .Massachusetts, and who learned
his trade in the old Arkwright Mills,
near Providence, caine to upper
Sou'h Carolina at the instance of
llie Lesters, and tinnily built Lesters
Partney upon the site of what is
now Pelham. The machinery for
this mill was bought in Philadelphia,
second-hand, skipped to Charleston
hy waler and hauled from there by
wagons over 'IDO miles.
"Mr. Hates was a thoroughly prac
tical niau, and his influence and
hand.work was felt in all the small
mills, about n half-dozen in nu tn lier,
thal during the next twenty years
were built and had a more or less
successful existence, such as li?tes
ville, which is named for him, P>iv
ingsville, Pingorsville, Lesters, a
mill ?it Greensboro and a few others.
"The progresa of these mills from
lJSftO was slow, and at thc breaking
ont of the civil war the Confederate
government took charge of all col-1
ton mills and detailed oflicials to
run them, Liking a large part of
their products for army purposes.
"Thc real beginning of cotton
manufacturing ?is wc have it now
commenced with the Piedmont
Mills, prop eled and successfully car
ried out by the late Col. H. P. Ham
mett, a son-in-law of Mr. William
Pates. This mill was begun in ISTo,
and began thc manufacture of goods
in the spring ol ISTti. In ?I very
few years (ISSii) this venture was
followed by thc Pel/.er ."Mills. These
pioneer mills soon demonstrated to a
very skeptical world that cotton
goods could bc manufactured in
thc South as cheap, if not cheaper,
than in any other sind ion of the
United States. The Piedmont Mills
have grown from a small plant of
?OOO spindles to nearly GI,000 spin
dles ; from a capital of ?.200,000 lo
$800,000, which is far below the
value of the property.
<kThe market value of thc stock ts
1S?, but very little changes hands,
hoing held for investment exclusively.
Piedmont uses B2,f>00 hales of < ?tlon
annually, producing 89,000,000 yards
of cloth, of which 70 pei" cent is ex
ported to China, Africa and South
A mei'ica.
"Following tlie signal success of
these pioneer mills others were soon
erected, ami in :i few years South
Carolina assumed the lead of ?ill
other Southern States, and bas kept
it, standing to-day second only to
Massachusetts in number of spindles,
and second to none in high standard
of equipment, dividends and high
class of products,
"While it was iii ni! probability :i
mere chance thal Mr. Hates hogan
hin work in this section over three
ipiarters of a century ago, it is cer
tain that if he had Leen thoroughly
informed of the varying advantages
of thc whole South ?ts suited to the
mannfact ure of col lon goods, he could
not have chosen a section whose cli
matic, geographical and physical con
ditions and surroundings were more
ideal than the Piedmont section.
"So successful have been the ven
tures in cidion manufacture here, a
failure is the exception ; in fact, willi
anything like ellioiont management,
ihcre have been no failures. Thc
mills begun ten or liftceti years ago
have in many instances increased
their capacities from four to eight
times their original size, in many in
stances paying for a Innre part of
these improvements ont of surplus
earnings of their mills and paying
handsome dividends at thc same time
on their capital slock.
"If you were to search thc world
over t<)-?!ay for thc Lest type of cot
ton mills, you would find them in
upper South Carolina. Their ex
eel lenee extends to every essential
and process of manu laid ure.
"Foi" cotton there is no heller Sta
ple :nnl liber than that produced on
the uplands of South Carolina, giving
a soft, creamy linish to thc cloth that
is without equal ?ind d?lies imitation.
"For labor, the unlive type, from
thc foothills of the llluo I inigo,
<|uiek to learn,easily managed, thrifty,
fingal and honest.
"In building material, the best and
t he cheapest.
"In design and architecture of
mills, tho most effective that, thc
skill of lifty years of the best engi
neering of America has evolved.
"In machinery, the most modern
thnt an) rankers on this continont
turn out from their workshops.
Thura are more Draper looma in the
mills of South Carolina than all Now
langland mills combined.
"Within an area of 100 miles of
these pioneer milla aro in the neigh
borhood of l,.r)()0,000 spindles, repre
senting an outlay of nearly $40,000,
000. Ten per cent dividends, and
ninny milla make inoro, representa
annually anet profit of ?4,000,000.
All thia has been done in thirty years.
"The prolila in cotton manufactur
ing during this period baa been satis
factory, varying, of course, as the
conditions have been more or less
satisfactory. Those mills havo boon
through as hard times as have ever
boon known in the history of manu
facturing in tho United. States.
They have demonstrated their ability
to live through unfavorable condi
tions and ?nuke money. As invest
ments they aro as well tried as any
business investments in the world.
They have boon built hy a combina,
lion of Northern and Southern capi
tal, tho formel' hoing, however, lim
ited lo those immediately having
business relations with the mills.
( ? rad nally it has forced its way into
all tho investment world thal as
dividend-payers lhere aro nono hot
ter, and their stocks aro hoing sought
for and command, in .nany oases,
taney prices. As thc facts become
moro generally known this will grow.
Varsightod New Knglandcrs aro to
day in tho market for stock in stand
ard Southern mills. Ono ol' those
days tho general publie will soo the
desirability of these stocks as invest
ments.
"As yet, however, we have only
entered a small realm of cotton
goods. Vcar by year, however, the
number ol' mills aro increasing that
make liner numbers, some mills oven
now making liner goods than print
cloths. The process is au evolution,
but as lo the future it is well to let
that take care of itself. We aro
dealing with facts of to-day, and
those outlined aro well within the
truth.
"A new Hold for the products of
cotton mills has been opened in thc
Kar Kasl. Southern cotton mills
have entered this field, and some
brands are as well known and appre
ciated in China and Africa as they
are at home. With this now de
mand tho danger, if there over was
any, of overproduction is remotely
removed, liroadly slated, every bat
of colton that is not burned or lost
al sea is manufactured at some point
or oilier. It' the natural advantages
WC possess are ns good or bolter than
oilier places, thou wo must continue
to get new spindles, as well as tho
keeping of our old ones going.
B. B. B. FOH BAD BLOOD.
A Trial Bottle Will Bc Sent Fine to Hie
Beaders ol Thc Courier.
Hail blood cansos blood and skin dis
eases, eruptions, pimples, scrofula, eat
ing sores, ulcers, cancer, eczema, skin
scabs, eruptions ano sores on children,
rheumat:sin, catarrh, beliing humors,
cte. Km these troubles a positive speoilie
cure is found in I!. I!, ll. (Botanic Blood
Kalin) tho most wonderful blood purifier
ol the age. lt has been thoroughly
i cs ted for the past, thirty years ami has
always cured even the most deep-seated,
persistent cases, alter doctors ami pat
ent medicines had all failed. K. K. K.
(ana s by driving out of thc ?raid the
poisons and humors which cause all
those troubles, an. a cure is thus made
that, is permanent. Contagious blood
poison, producing ?ruptions, swollen
glands, ulcerated throat and mouth,etc.,
cured hy I!. K K., (he only remedy that
can actually cure this trouble. At drug
gists, id per large bot t le : six large bot
tles (full treal mont) s.">. So every reader
ol 'lin: < O? i : i f : ic may test K. lt, ll. we
will KiMid frei; and prepaid a trial bottle.
Write to-day. Medical advice free. Ad
dress Khxiif Kalin Co., Allanta, (Sa.
Shot lbs Liver Out.
KiixiK SI'UIM., December 'JV.
Last night about il o'clock Melcher
Lott shot lind instantly killed Till
man Artemus. The row occurred
on Quartes street nor over Hm yards
I rom our town guard house. Holli
larc colored. I'"rom tho facts your
I correspondent can gel il seems as if
Tillman Artemus was cutting out
ladt with thc dusky damsal, Jane
Merill, Lott was arrested this
I morning about two miles from town
illltl is How haloed in (lie g ll a I'd
| house. When arrested he had a
double-barrel shotgun with which he
commit teil lin- deni, also ?i hag of
I sholls. I?<?ll: loads were fired into
Artemus ami part ol' bis ribs and
.livor were found lying on thc street
' lins inorniiMC
?-The Atlanta Semi Weekly ?tournai
ami Tin Cot un i: for fcl.?oa year.
FREE MAIL DELIVERY.
Tho Sorvlco Will Begin Noxt July and Lust
Four Yoars-Stokes' Loltor.
Tine Cou Ul KR has received a lotter
from lion. J. Wm. Stokes, one of
?South Carolina's most prominent and
brilliant repr?sentativen in tho
Lower House of Congress. If the
people heed the advice of this able
and arduous Representalive we fully
believe that tho rural mail delivery
will prove a God-sond to the hard
working farmer. The letter is dated
Washington, 1). C., December 12til,
1809, ?ind reads as follows :
"Will you kindly permit nie
space to say to your readers that on
lust Saturday the Postmaster Gene
ral signed the order whirl) grants to
South Carolina what I have been
striving for more than a year past to
obtain for the whole country. This
order provides for th' fret' delivery
of all mail along every "star route"
in South Carolina. It will be under
stood that ntar routes include nil
mail routes where the mail is car
ried through the country by private
conveyances. There are ?lT?l of
these routes in South Carolina-quito
a number ol' which run th rough your
county-so that they touch almost
every neighborhood in the State.
"This service will begin July 1st
next for a term of four years. All
that is necessary on the part of the
people living on, or adjacent to, one
of these mail routes, in order to
secure free delivery of their mail, is
to erect a box on the roadside in
such position that tin; carrier can
reach it without leaving the seat of
his vehicle, and then direct the post
master to send your mail out by
such carrier.
"As the service is being under
taken in an experimental way, and
in South Carolina only, upon my
suggestion and urgent recommenda
tion, 1 may be pardoned for feeling
some anxiety for such results in the
: whole State as will justify the assur
ances I have given here.
"Much is depending upon the in
terest and appreciation shown by
our people. As a first evidence of
proper interest and appreciation, I
hope our people will erect neat
boxes-don't be content with any
old waste box-and let them be
ready for the first trip of the carriers
under tho new contracts next July."
A Belier Showing.
Hon. M. V. Ansel, Solicitor of the
(Cighth Circuit, embracing (?reen
vide, Abbeville, Anderson, Oconeu
and I'ickciiH counties, a few days
ago forwarded his annual report to
the Attorney General. The report
shows that there were less than half
as many murder cases in the circuit
this year as last. Of thc twenty
cases this year two were disposed of
in Abbeville, eight in Anderson, two
in Oeonee, three in l'ickcns and five
in Greenville. Fourteen of the cases
r?sult?e1 in verdicts of "not guilty,"
four "guilty," and ?ll two cases "no
bills" were returned. There were
forty-two cases of murder disposed
of in the circuit last year. There
were 282 cases, all told, disposed of
in the circuit this year, as against
513-1 last year. The 282 resulted in
100 "no hills," li) "not guilty," and
121 "guilty." The itt) I resulted in
90 "no hills," f>7 "not guilty," and
ITS "guilty." The report would
seem to indicate that crime is some
what on the decrease in the Kighlh
Circuit. It is time th er:! was a
change for tho better. It will bo
very gratifying if thc reports from
the other Solicitors in the Stale w'.M
show a condition even more favora
ble than the report of the Solicitor
of thc Kighlh Circuit.- llaptisl Cou
rier, I )eceinber 'J I.
STATIC <>I OHIO, ('i rv or Toi.KOO, ) >K
LITAS ('IM M Y, ) S' '
Krank .1. ('heney makes oath thal he is
Ibo senior partner of tho linn of K. .).
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo, Conni-, ??d .Slain aforesaid,
?ind that said linn will pay tho sum of
One Hundred Dollars for each ami
every ease of Catarrh thal cannot he
cured by the uso of I lab's Catarrh Cure.
IT;ASK J, ('lllc.NKV.
Sworn to before nie and subscribed in
my presence, this til h day of December,
A. I). I ssc.
, - - ? A. W. (il.lCASON,
S IC Al.
'-.' Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and nols directly on the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
tesl i moiii?ds, free.
I '. J. (Tl KN KV A Co., Toledo, < 1.
Sohl by 1 hllf?f?isls, 7*>e.
Hall s Family Pills are the hes!.
lt is a curious fact that the, (?noell
of ICnglaud should have tho same
number of grandchildren ami great
grandchildren-512 of oneil which
together with her seven children,
makes the number of her descend
ants ? I.
A Thousand Kohols Routed.
MANILLA, December ill.-Col.
Lockett, with ii foroe of 2,500, in
oluding artillo y, attacked last YVed
ncsday morning a strong force of
in H urge ii ls entrenched in the moun
tains near Montalbon, about live
miles northeast of San Mateo. The
onoiiiy was completely routed, the
Americans pursuing them throng1'
tho hills, moid which they lied in
every direction.
Four Americans were wounded.
Tbc Filipinos' loss was large, result
ing from a heavy infantry and artil
lery lire for three hours into thc
tronches.
11 is supposed thal the insurgents
were those who were driven out of
San Mateo on l!.c day Hen. Lawton
was killed. They numbered proba
bly a thousand.
A dozen lines of insurgent trenches
covered the sleep trail through the
hills and likewise the valley below,
ulong which the Americans passed.
Thc main attacking party consisted
of the Forty-sixth volunteer infantry,
a troop of cavalry ami artillery,
Col. Lockett norn maud (hg in person.
The rest of the command operated
from remote points in :111 endeavor
lo carryout Col. beckett's plan of
throwing his lines around the enemy
and thus cutting ol'! retreat.
The nature of the mountainous
country made it impracticable lo
execute this movement successfully.
After thu insurgents began to run
there was n vain attempt lo use ar
tillery.
-Tun Cocuiiai ami tho Atlanta Twiee
a-Wee lt .boonal one year for only S|,.",o.
( all at this ollie?- ami let us talk thc mat
ter over with you and we will give you a
sample copy of each paper.
Wv wish lo i'\lend lu
our inosi henri \ wishes fe
Year.
We will ho lull or | nv
our cus? outers I han we ha
ti i all Iii m s pai'i'x ?1 full :i
Simes, ( ??"iii 's Furnishing
(live ti- ;i ci 11 ;iinl hi
what we sav.
Thanking one and ;i 11
;i tn I I ri i -1 i 11 ur .? I1.1I I I H .
I he sanie il ur' ng ll??' [irrst
Wr\ i'i's|
W?? Kol 1 i ( foi- I
Not lo lie Deceived Twice.
This man resolved lo take no
chances. Ile is an eastern mummer
j and was visiting friends in Colorado.
The western country is noted for
the clearness of the atmosphere,
which lends au appearance ol' proxi
mity tn rem?le objects, ami thc
easterner, ??Imiring a magnificent
mountain, which apparently lowered
up only a few miles away, MIK I hr
was going to walk over lo its base
before dinner. The mountain was
in reality Tn miles distance, bul los
friends allowed the tenderfoot lo gel
an hour's st url, then set oui in ?1
carriage lo overtake him.
They came upon him In miles ?nil;
he was disrobing on the hanks of an
irrigating ditch.
"l?elo, I here, < lei >rge, w hal are
yon up lo ?" called one ol' Iiis friends.
"I'm going to swim lids river,"'
answered the man of samples.
"That's no river, lt's univ a
di tell four feel wide. Why don't
you jump over ?"
"Well, maybe il is," answered
(?eorg'?, doubtfull y, "hut I limn;.ht
ililli mountain over there was only
about two miles off and I wasn't
going lo lake any chalices willi titi
st roam."
OASTO ai?. 3C j\. m
noam tho /) 11,11 Kimi You Hayn Always Boupjil
DignuUiru /'
of (?s7-/sy?
Killed dolli brothers.
(.HA TT A NI ?01. A , Ti:\\., December
27.- As l he result <>i a dispute be
tween .lohn and .I ames ('arl er, lu i >t h
ern, and Dud Lytton, a neighbor, al
Flynn bick, I'ul nam county, a ipiar
|c| ensued, terminating in I,yin II kill
in;' the brothers. All are fain eis.
Haili oat! Biilldlnij.
Restored ?ortl?dono? and improved
business conditions aro indicated by
many signs, and conspicuous among
thom in tho largely increased railway
construction of thc present year over
that of last year and several imme
diately preceding years.
The New York I ?ail way Gazette
ii. its preliminary estimate puts the
railway construction for thu year up
to December 22 at 4,557 miles, built
by ii57 companies.
This beats all records since 1802.
The average new mileage from 1801
to 1807 inclusive, Was only about
2,000 miles n year. The total new
mileage of last year was 8,205 miles.
Iowa lends all the other States in
railway construction this year with
553 miles. Next comes Minnesota,
willi 871 miles; Arkansas, 205 ; Cal
ifornia, 200, and Michigan, 178
miles. These live States include
one-third of the total new mileage of
thc \ ear.
While lim West led, the ?OUtll
makes a line showing in tho table of
new mileage for the year. We have
Arkansas wiih 205 miles ; Alabama,
Hil; Louisiana, I 10 ; Florida and
.Mississippi, each 118; South Caro
lina, io'.i; Georgia, 137; Tennessee,
IIS, and .Missouri, 107 miles.
Among the South western territories
aro Oklahoma, willi 135 miles, and
New .Mexico. PJ? miles.
It is not improbable that the South
will take the load in railway con
struction during the next twelve
months, as in no other part of the
ct ?un try is development proceeding
in sn many localities, so many inter
ests or mi so large il scale. - Allanta
.11 uirnal.
m YEAR\
mir manx ?ni'inls anti patrons
ir ?i prosperous anti happy Now
I mn il duri ng i li is yeal' lo serve
vt> linii in ibo i>;i-i. anti wo will
ml ginni lino td" ('Intliing, linois,
.. Ni.(i?HIS, etc.
ii- rom ince yon i hal wc nipan
ft ir i hi' pasi liberal pal rt HI.a gt?,
1 i \ i ipi *t I willi .1 ff HI l inutilice td"
?m \ oar, w<> reniai o,
url fill I v .
V A B ll
IB A II ti A I TH
H T O It K ?
Clicolico Chat.
Cn I:OIIKK, December 30.-Mar
ried, tm December '-'Ith, 1800, at
Chechen church, Air. Hampton
(irani and .Miss Janie Sheppard,
I Jew J. li. ('tilley, ?d' Salem, olliciat
htg. The britle was becomingly at
tired and was the picture of loveli
ness. Thc groom is a prosperous
young tanner. The newly weddell
couple have Mic well wishes of a
host ol friends.
I'rof. John I dilldoll speaks of
leaching a singing school al Chcoheo.
j We wish him success.
Misses Uuby and Inti bay spent
thc holidays with relatives near
Sapphire, N . ( '.
.Misses liosa Crane and Nettie
Orr spent the holidays with relatives
I and friends ?ll Walhalla.
Messrs. Join- Leo and M. C. Crane
I Spell! a lew ilavs in Anderson re
.i
I cent ly.
We waul to boas! ol' our commit
! nily. We di'l nol see an intoxicated
person during thc holidays.
Mis. Mattie Todd and Miss Cor
rie Wilson, of Stamp Creek, visited
I thc family ol' Mr. I {caben Lee, Sr.,
I last Week.
Mr. W. M. busk vt: ;icil friends in
Geingia last week.
Mrs. Wm. King, of Walhalla, vis
?led li r friends, ,M r. and Mrs.
Ilciiiy I'carson, of Tamassce, last
: week.
The Sunday school nt Chcohec is
death MT. Si nota. ( !iiu"
A euchre party, in which 2,100
! persons ? .<. lo engage, will be held
in (.rand Central I'..dace, New York,
; .1 :mu.iry lo, the proceeds to go lo
: ward the completion ol' the Church
1 ol' St. I'hilip Neri, lied ford I'.ark.
What ?i all Moans.
Af tor '25 yoars of suborning on
tho part of tho groat powers of
Europe, tho question of trade rights
in the East ?B now forcing itself on
tho attention of the commercial
world to an extent whioh seems to
foreshadow an carly climax.
Tho most important factor in tho
present situation, probably, is tho
great trans Siberian railway thal
Kassia i.s hurrying to tho Pacific-.
This gigantic enterprise is to have
three termini on the ocean, and it
may ho depondod upon to give to
the Czar control of north China.
Tho Czar's statesmen are cunning.
Tho fact has been admitted hy the
world from tho time ol' I'elcr tho
Grunt until now. More than one
nation has golton the information at
tremendous expenso to itself. The
fact that they are thoroughly im
bued with tho Russian idea of ex
clusiveness in trade, as well as every
thing oise and everlastingly we*ld.nd
to the doctrine of tho "closed door,"
is as well understood. Then who can
doubt that if she once gets control
of China, she will exclude other na
tions ?
Kassia is the one European power
which is opposing the extension of
Anglo-Saxon influence and com
me roo in tho East. Her character
and tendencies are so well under
stood that there is no danger what
ever in assuming that it is her policy
to close the door of China and keep
it shut by asserting ber paramount
power from within. France is a
willing ally of Kassia, content to
join the Muscovite ann take the
chance of something being thrown
to her in the way of territory or
commercial advantages. (J erm any
has no more confidence in Kin'sia
than bas England in America; but
strenuously endeavoring as she is
to obtain a foot-hold in tho East, it
is not surprising that she was unable
to conceal her anger at us on ac
count of our unexpected invasion and
possession of the .Philippines, thc best
I plum in the pie. Though discom
fited, sbo is at a loss as to which
way she should turn.
The English mind is wedded to
the open door doctrine, and there is
abundant reason to believe that
Japan is a secret supporter of tho
idea. In fact, it is almost safe to
say that England, Japan and America
will resist the absorption by Kassia
of any part of China, and it. is here
that we may expect the long prom
ised collision between the Sclavonic
and Anglo-Saxon races in the East.
This means a world's combat-a bat
tle for social and commercial supre
macy-and tho Knited Statis would
have been drawn into ii. even if
j Dewey had never sailed into Manila
bay, for how could she stand aloof
with Anglo-Saxon civilization and
Christianity at. tho slakes?
The Columbia State had a long
editorial the other day on the cruelty
of tho Czar in Finland. In his speech
at Wofford College, six months ago,
Senator McKaurin called attention
to this ukase of die Czar, who is tho
pope of tho Greek Catholic church.
The Kinns arc Protestant, and, there
fore, the Czar intends to crush them.
The. Senator's recent letter shows
that he understands tho industrial
aspect of the whole matter, and this
quotation from that same Woffovd
speech, shows that he is as well in
formed on the social and religious
aspects :
"We are rapidly approaching an
other great crisis in the history of
the world, in which is involved tho
destiny of nations. Napolean, a
century ago, iii prophetic vision,
saw this crisis whet! he said 'the
next 100 years would see the world
cither Cossack or Republican.' This
war between the Germanic and
Sclavonic civilizations is slowly, but
.^ui?dy approaching a climax. There
can bo no compromise between
them. The one represents ignor
ance, bigotry and tho slavery of
mankind, while the other represents
intelligence, protestantism and
human freedom. The one or tho
other must finally survive. History
is nothing moro than tho survival of
races and race ?dons. The Anglo
Saxon on one side is tho loader in
this great world contest for universal
freedom."
What sane man doubts that any
one of tho nations mentioned as
being involved in this con Diet would
give us for tho Philippines many
times the twenty millions we paid
lo Spain. If there is no advantage
in holding thc Philippines, why do
our rivals in commerce want thom .
Thc answer must bo that other na
tions want them for the same reason
which makes them valuable to us.
I ?otb tho Nows and Courier and
The Stute argue that the extention
Makes the food more de
ROYAL OAKIMQ TO*
of our trade in tho 3iast will so
develop China, that under the influ
ence of our civilization, sho will bo
oomc a competitor, and instead of
our products being imported into
China, she will send hors here. As
a matter of common sense, this con
dition is not likely to arise for some
time, h irst, our tariff duties consti
tute an effective barrier to the pro
duct of cheap labor, imported into
this country. The very same con
dition now existH as to Europe, and
has no more force as applied to Asia
in thc future. Second, whether we
participate or not, civilization will
bc carried lo China, and tho .same
danger of her becoming a competitor
will exist. TII?H doctrine of thc
News and Courier and The State of
withholding civilization and religion
from China for fear of her becoming
a competitor, is n discreditable, Hel
lish doctrine, utterly opposed to the
spirit of the age. It is anti-Chris
tian.- York vii le IO m j airer.
Industrial Boom.
The report from tho otilen of the
Secretary of State HIIOWH very grati
fying growth in industrial pursuits
during the past year in this Stale
The increase in tho capitalization of
the different companies is over two
million dollars. Here aro some
ligures showing a few of the new
companies organized with the eapi
i\ invested : Cotton factories,
eleven, $8,275,^00 ; cotton seed oil,
nine, $229,000 ; electrical construc
tion, three, $02,500 ; milling and
ginning, $26,750 ; iron working, two,
$8,000 ; other manufacturing, $192,
000 ; cotton compress, two, $'15,000 ;
railroad construction, $100,000 ;
j tower, light, water and icc, five,
$115,000; lumber, nine, $230,000;
telephone and telegraph, eight, $80,
020 ; tobacco warehouses, nine, $42,
000 ; general warehouses, four, $5G,
000 ; building ami loan, six, $017,
000 ; real estate, loan and invest
ment, ten, $242,400 ; banking, six,
$270,000 ; mercantile, twenty-eight,
$272,000 ; granite and mining, three,
$54,000; phosphate and fertilizer,
$15,000; insurance and surety, two,
$110,000 ; educational, two, $5,000.
Perhaps among the lending indus
tries thc greatest activity has been
in cotton mills, and second in rail
road construction. South Carolina
luis never known an era of greater
activity in large investments, and
the outlook is encouraging in every
respect.
O AfitTOriXA..
Bonra tho J* Nfl Kimi You Have Always Bought
Killed on a Trestle.
While .las. .Iones, his wife ?uni two
children and brother-in-law were
walking on a trestle on tho Savannah
Valley road near Anderson last
Tuesday night, a train suddenly
caine upon thom. Mrs. .Iones was
killed, her body being horribly man
gled. .Iones, with a child in his
anns, jumped headlong into tho
swamp below. The brother-in-law
?umped and tho other child foll
through the trestle. All received
injuries, sonni of which limy provo
fatal. It is claimed that tho train
gave no warning ol its approach.
The prince of commercial fertili
zers of all kinds has advanced con
siderably already, and the best posted
men say there will bo greater ad
vance in the near future. Tho real
cause for this increase, price de
manded by manufactures and dealers
is not fully known, but all signs in
dicate that tho increased cost of raw
materials play but an insignificant
part in the matter, while tho arbi
trary order of tho trust that has re
cently obtained control of a majority
of tho fertilizer factories in the South
is tho principal cause. It will not
pity lo list; fertilizers largely at thc
advanced price and tho cotton plant
ers of tho South will have only them
selves to blai 0 next fall if they find
themselves loaded with debt and a
cotton crop that cost, more than it
is worth at marked, prices on their
hands.- Suinter Watchman.
*
President Dow, of the Commer
cial Travelers association, says "Mo
lt i nloy prosperity consists of wages
advanced 'A to 10 per cent., and in
creases in tho cost of living avorng
ing 12 to 20 per cent.
M DAKING
POWDER
:!ic?ct.s and wholesome
(DER CO., HEW YORK.
A MoHicr's Constancy.
Karly ia 1859 John CarroUtoii,
them a hoy of 14 years, residing with
his parents at Bourbon, Ind., struck
his mother in a sudden fit of anger.
Ilia father punished thc hoy very
severely for the act, in spite of his
mother's expressed wishes to the
contrary. Tina caused tho boy to
harbor deep resentment ami tho de
terminad.! on to abandon his home.
Tho same night Iiis mother gavo him
a commission to go to the village
and purchase some family supplies.
His manner convinced her that he
had determined to run away, and
she told him thal no matter how
long bc might remain, there would
always be a light in the window to
guide him home.
That night ho disappeared. That
night tho sorrov/iiig mother put thc
lighted lamp in the window. Mary
years passed away, hut during all
that time the neighbors always saw
that same light in that same window
when night fell. There it burned all
through the long weary nights until
last week. Twenty years passed,
and no tidings were received of the
wanderer. The father succumbed to
age and grief and was lani away in
tho cemetery. Then the widowed
moth or resumed her vigil, placing
the lamp in thc window as before.
Forty years slipped away, and tho
aged mother fell dangerously ill.
Hut her attendants always placed
thc light in thc window. Last week
when thc train stopped at tho sta
tion there a tali, bearded ?fi&n
stepped from it. lie noticed tho
light blazing down the path to the
station and inquired thc cause. Then
he heard thc story of a mother's
love and faith. He learned also
that the aged mother was lying sick
and dying. It was John Carrollton.
I le hurried to thc old home, found
his mother still tho same loving
mother of years ago. She took him
to her heart and forgave thc years of
neglect. As the day broke the light
wont out, and with it tho spirit of
tho watcher. John Carrollton was
alone with his dead after forty
years.
FIGG of Charge.
Any adult sn ?or ?Hg from a cold settled
on tho breast, bronchitis, throat or lune;
troubles of any nature who will call at J.
II. Darby's will bc presented with a
sample bottle of lloKcheo's Gorman
Syrup, free of charge. Only ono bottle
given to ono pinson, and none to children
without order from parents.
No throat or lung rom od y over had
such a salo as lloachoo'a (?crinan Syrup
in all parts of thc civilized world.
Twenty years ago millions of bottles
were given away, and your druggist, will
tell you its success was marvelous, lti?
really tho only Throat and Lung Komcdy
generally endorsed by physicians. Ono
75 cont bot Mo will euro or prove its value.
Sold by dealers in all civilized conn tri OB.
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Termination of llcntal Contracts.
An Act to declare thc law ill rela
tion to termination of rental con
tracts. Section I. Heit enacted by
thc General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, "That from and
after tho passage of this Act, should
any tenant for years, or a lenser
period, remove from any demisod
premises before tho expiration of tho
term for which said premises wore
demised, leased or vented, then, and .
in such case, the rent (which would
bc earned up to the end of thc
month in which tho tenant loaves)
shall be immediately due and paya
ble and it shall be lawful for tho
landlord, at any time within five
days after tho removal of such ton
ant, to issue his distress warrant for
such an amount as may bc duo up to
the expiration of thc month in
which said tenant leaves his premi
ses." Approved February If), A. I).
I Silt).
Killed in a Rabbit Hunt.
LAURJCNS, December 27.-In a
rabbit hunt yesterday near Cross
Hill Caspor Fuller, a young gentle
man 19 years old, was accidontly
! shot by Mr. Hutlor Richardson.
Young Fuller died this morning.
They arc of our best citizens. Thc
accident will be greatly deplored.
?ace Itiot al Ridfloland, S. C.
Coi,UM ni A, S. C., December WI.
News bas reached herc of a raco
riot at Itidgolnnd, Beaufort county,
in which two negroes and a white
man were killed and several others
wounded. Uidgelnnd is a small vil
lage, near titi! coast thickly populated
by negroes. Particulars ave unob
tainable.